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27.03.2017 MIRACLE FROM A DISTANCE

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 4: 43-54

Here the miracle takes place from a distance. Usually Jesus touches the sick or the dying person, or at least the sick person would be at close vicinity. The healed person would see Jesus or hear him or touch him etc. Here the sick person is far away (it seems to be a day’s journey).

Jesus is addressing a crowd which did not believe in him (that a prophet has no honor in his native place). The royal official also did not express his faith in him. Only when the miracle took place (it was recognized after a day) the whole household believed in him. Here in this story even faith is not required to do the miracle. Only God does so (as he created things out of nothing and when there was no one even to believe in him he created the world). God’s work precedes even faith.

இயேசுவின் புதுமைகள் கடவுளின் படைப்பைப் போன்றது. நம்பிக்கை கொள்ளும் மனிதனைப் படைக்கும் முன்னரே இறைவன் மற்றவற்றை படைக்கிறார். மனிதனின் நம்பிக்கை கூட தேவையில்லை இறைவனின் செயல்களுக்கு. இறைவனின் செயல் எவ்வொன்றும் புதுமையே. இறைவனின் செயல் காலம்> இடம்> பொருள் இவற்றிற்கெல்லாம் அப்பாற்பட்டது.